Mine detail: Kent Mine

Previously called 'Blue WingBannack Chief'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.18712, -112.95033

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Tertiary:	Tellurium, Antimony, Manganese
Ore:	Anglesite, Bindheimite, Cerargyrite, Covellite, Galena, Jamesonite, Linarite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PIPE-LIKE, TABULAR, IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1864

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1864

Geology

Host rock:	Madison
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Intrusive Rhyolite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Limestone Strikes North And Dips 35w.
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Slicken-Sided Veins, Brecciation

References

MRDS	D004727
DEP	10087101
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 574, P. 69-71.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 6, P. 29-34.}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574}{Deposit:: 1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 6}
Reporter	Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)